UPDATE: Most of tonight’s “live” Rent on Fox will actually be from a performance taped before a live audience last night, necessitated by Brennin Hunt’s broken foot (see below). The announcement was made by the cast during an early commercial break. The cast gathered to tell the viewing audience that most of tonight’s…

EXCLUSIVE: In what shapes up as a stage-to-film transfer with iconic Broadway talent, Imagine Entertainment has set Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda to make his feature directorial debut on Tick, Tick…Boom! That is based on the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the late playwright behind the smash…

Hardly stopping to catch its breath after announcing the live telecast in December of A Christmas Story, Fox announced today that it’s made a deal to present Rent, the 1996 groundbreaking musical that won Tony, Pulitzer and Grammy recognition and ran more than 5,100 performances on Broadway. Marc Platt, who is…